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Neither. That is, I don't put a copy of what I am responding to at
the beginning or end unless it is essential to meaning. I try to
mention what was said in what I say.
I don't know whether this is netetiquette. It doesn't make me mad if
others include the other message in their message, but, then, nothing
much makes me mad.
I do what I do simply because I rarely read the included messages in
others' messages, so I figure it's a waste of time to put them there.
